Block the sale of 12,000 1,000-pound bombs to Israel (Sanders, April 2026)
Senate Joint Resolution, S.J.Res. 138
What it did
Under the Arms Export Control Act, a senator can force the Senate to vote on blocking a specific weapons sale to another government. These resolutions were sitting in the Foreign Relations Committee, so Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) moved to put them on the Senate floor. A yes vote would have let the full Senate decide the sale.
A no vote kept the question off the floor.
S.J.Res. 138 targeted a $151.8 million sale of 12,000 BLU-110 1,000-pound bombs and related support, voted minutes after the bulldozer resolution. The Senate kept the question off the floor 36-63 on April 15, 2026.
At the time of this vote, more than 72,000 innocent people had been murdered in Gaza, more than 21,000 of them children.
Result: Rejected 36-63
At the time of this vote: ~72,000+ innocent people murdered (~21,000+ young children murdered)
The humane vote: Yes (YEA)